Talis Biomedical (TLIS) S-8 POSRegistration of securities for employees (post-effective amendment)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 9, 2024

Registration No. 333-253218

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-253218

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Talis Biomedical Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1375 West Fulton Market, Suite 700

Chicago, Illinois 60607

(650) 433-3000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Robert J. Kelley

Chief Executive Officer

Talis Biomedical Corporation

1375 West Fulton Market, Suite 700

Chicago, Illinois 60607

(650) 433-3000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Michael Dunn

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

700 Milam Street, 15th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 238-1817

From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

(Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public)

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Deregistration of Securities

This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-253218), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), is being filed to remove from registration all unsold securities of Talis Biomedical Corporation (the “Company”) registered under the Registration Statement with respect to the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Talis Biomedical Corporation. Since January 1, 2024, the Company has not offered or sold any securities registered under the Registration Statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on September 9, 2024.

Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.